Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2002-0072
CVE-2002-0072
Description
The w3svc.dll ISAPI filter in Front Page Server Extensions and ASP.NET for Internet Information Server (IIS) 4.0, 5.0, and 5.1 does not properly handle the error condition when a long URL is provided, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) when the URL parser accesses a null pointer.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 4.0, 5.0, 5.1
Patches
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References
8- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-09.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/521059nvdUS Government Resource
- marc.infonvd
- www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/Microsoft-IIS-vulnerabilities-MS02-018.shtmlnvd
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8800.phpnvd
- www.osvdb.org/3326nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4479nvd
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2002/ms02-018nvd
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